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US Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has quietly filed a bill to the Senate seeking to ban online gambling in the country. The bill, S.3376, was read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, leaving it eligible both for debate and voting on its passage. The...
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A American Gaming Association continua a insistir na ideia de que a “proibição” federal das apostas desportivas nos EUA é uma das leis mais ineficazes em vigor no país. Muitas apostas no futebol, mas a maioria é ilegal Nos próximos meses, serão apostados cerca de 90 mil milhões de...
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GETTING CONGRESS TO ACT ON REGULATED US SPORTS BETTING REQUIRES MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH Legal sports betting in the United States is being called inevitable by some high-profile movers and shakers in the sports and legal worlds. But thetimeline and the path to legalization are still uncertain. The backstory of US sports...
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The night of 2 April 1990 is one Tina Condos will never forget. It was the opening night of Donald Trump’s new $1.1bn Atlantic City casino, and Condos was working as a cocktail waitress serving drinks to Michael Jackson, Elle Macpherson and the other stars and socialites who had...
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Atlantic City casinos had a productive July despite the famed boardwalk featuring nearly as many striking workersas tourists. According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, AC’s eight casinos reported total brick-and-mortar gaming revenue of just under $258m in July, up 5.3% from the same month last year....
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Eight US states have now enacted paid-entry fantasy sports bills this year, after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has effectively signed a three-year deal into law. Rather than act as a bill purely to legalise fantasy sports, H 4569 was an economic development bill that included fantasy sports regulation, as...
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Different daily fantasy sports companies have taken different approaches to the U.S. states that sites allow to play DFS for real money. Below is a table of the states where sites like DraftKings and FanDuel ban and allow play. Due to the fluid nature of DFS’ legal situation, sites may change...
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It was billed as the “eighth wonder of the world” when it opened a quarter-century ago on the glitziest stretch of the Jersey shore, but after multiple bankruptcies and the longest union strike in Atlantic City casino history, the Trump Taj Mahal is about to go the way of...
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With football season quickly approaching, sports gaming apps are queuing up once again for fans’ second-screen attention. In-game options for consumer engagement won’t just stop at daily fantasy sports products offered by the likes of DraftKings and FanDuel. They’ll also include games like the Chicago-based app Bait, which aims to offer...
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Casino operator MGM Resorts International on Monday said it had completed a deal to buy the 50 percent of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa that the group did not already own; for a total consideration of US$900 million. The deal, with seller Boyd Gaming Corp, excludes any future...
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MGM Resorts International’s purchase of Boyd Gaming Corp’s 50 percent stake in Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa has received regulatory approval in New Jersey, reports the Associated Press (AP). MGM Resorts had been effectively forced to give up control of its then 50-percent interest in the Borgata,...
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MGM Resorts International, which has the largest number of casino venues on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Wednesday it had launched a mobile gaming platform and online tournament available on the Wi-Fi telecommunications system at nine MGM properties. A press release from the company described the initiative as...
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Global gaming and lottery supplier International Game Technology Plc (IGT) and U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp have completed what was dubbed as the “largest live electronic table game installation in the United States”. The installation includes 150 of IGT’s Dynasty electronic table game (ETG) cabinets displayed in...
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Approximately three quarters of the 37 table games planned for the under-construction Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, in the United States, will be for baccarat. That is according to information from its management, cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in a...
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William Hill, Nevada’s largest sports book operator, announced Friday it’s opening virtual racing at the Plaza and Silver Sevens casinos, a process over a year in the making after winning approval from the Gaming Commission in early 2015. William Hill also hopes to open virtual racing at other books...
US Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has quietly filed a bill to the Senate seeking to ban online gambling in the country. The bill, S.3376, was read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, leaving it eligible both for debate and voting on its passage. The...
A American Gaming Association continua a insistir na ideia de que a “proibição” federal das apostas desportivas nos EUA é uma das leis mais ineficazes em vigor no país. Muitas apostas no futebol, mas a maioria é ilegal Nos próximos meses, serão apostados cerca de 90 mil milhões de...
The night of 2 April 1990 is one Tina Condos will never forget. It was the opening night of Donald Trump’s new $1.1bn Atlantic City casino, and Condos was working as a cocktail waitress serving drinks to Michael Jackson, Elle Macpherson and the other stars and socialites who had...
Atlantic City casinos had a productive July despite the famed boardwalk featuring nearly as many striking workersas tourists. According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, AC’s eight casinos reported total brick-and-mortar gaming revenue of just under $258m in July, up 5.3% from the same month last year....
It was billed as the “eighth wonder of the world” when it opened a quarter-century ago on the glitziest stretch of the Jersey shore, but after multiple bankruptcies and the longest union strike in Atlantic City casino history, the Trump Taj Mahal is about to go the way of...
With football season quickly approaching, sports gaming apps are queuing up once again for fans’ second-screen attention. In-game options for consumer engagement won’t just stop at daily fantasy sports products offered by the likes of DraftKings and FanDuel. They’ll also include games like the Chicago-based app Bait, which aims to offer...
Casino operator MGM Resorts International on Monday said it had completed a deal to buy the 50 percent of Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa that the group did not already own; for a total consideration of US$900 million. The deal, with seller Boyd Gaming Corp, excludes any future...
MGM Resorts International, which has the largest number of casino venues on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Wednesday it had launched a mobile gaming platform and online tournament available on the Wi-Fi telecommunications system at nine MGM properties. A press release from the company described the initiative as...
Global gaming and lottery supplier International Game Technology Plc (IGT) and U.S.-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp have completed what was dubbed as the “largest live electronic table game installation in the United States”. The installation includes 150 of IGT’s Dynasty electronic table game (ETG) cabinets displayed in...
Approximately three quarters of the 37 table games planned for the under-construction Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, in the United States, will be for baccarat. That is according to information from its management, cited by the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in a...
William Hill, Nevada’s largest sports book operator, announced Friday it’s opening virtual racing at the Plaza and Silver Sevens casinos, a process over a year in the making after winning approval from the Gaming Commission in early 2015. William Hill also hopes to open virtual racing at other books...
